Tracy Turner Temple
Regiment Name 20th Texas Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company E
Soldier's Rank_In Sergeant
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Film Number M227 roll 36
20th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Bass')
20th Cavalry Regiment, recruited in Hill County, Texas, was organized during the spring of 1862 with about 850 officers and men. The unit was assigned to Cooper's and Gano's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and primarily confronted the Federals in the Indian Territory. It was included in the surrender of the Indian Troops at Doaksville on June 23, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Thomas C. Bass, Lieutenant Colonels Andrew J. Fowler and T.D. Taliaferro, and Majors Dempsey W. Broughton and John R. Johnson.
John B. Temple
Regiment Name 6th Texas Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Sergeant
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Alternate Name John H./Temple
Film Number M227 roll 36
John H. Temple
Regiment Name 6th Texas Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Sergeant
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Film Number M227 roll 36
6th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Wharton, Stone's)
6th Cavalry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment] was organized with 1,150 men at Dallas, Texas, in September, 1861. Many of the men were from Dallas, McKinney, Waco, Austin, and Lancaster, and Bell County. The unit skirmished in the Indian Territory, fought at Elkhorn Tavern, then moved wast of the Mississippi River. It contained 803 effectives in the spring of 1862 and was dismounted during the battles at Corinth and Hatchie Bridge. Here the regiment reported 148 killed, wounded, or missing. Assigned to Ross' Brigade, it served with the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign, was active in Tennessee, and ended the war in Mississippi attached to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Lawrence S. Ross, B. Warren Stone, and Jack Wharton; Lieutenant Colonels John S. Griffith and Peter F. Ross; and Robert M. White and Stephen B. Wilson.
William B. Temple
Regiment Name 6th Texas Cavalry
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Film Number M227 roll 36